Analytical solution of heat transfer over an unsteady stretching permeable surface with prescribed wall temperature

In this literature, the analytic solution of the nonlinear heat transfer over an unsteady stretching permeable surface with prescribed wall temperature is obtained utilizing the newly developed analytic method, namely the homotopy analysis method (HAM). The analytic results are compared with the numerical solution (NS) in which the comparison reveals good agreement between the numerical solution and HAM solution. In addition, the convergence of the obtained HAM solution is discussed explicitly. Finally, the validation of achieved analytic solution through all values of the Prandtl number (Pr) has been shown in the article. (C) 2009 Taiwan Institute of Chemical Engineers. Published by Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.